A perilous journey. An unimaginable reward.
Keena Naess leads a secret life: Her family taken, her brother accused of murder, she forges a magick that will take her beyond the Veil to exonerate her brother. But when she uses her skill to heal a wounded eaglet, she is revealed as a mage to the very man, Varick Garth, who has been sent to seal the Veil forever... with her behind it.

Fioran will take exploration of new galaxies over setting colonization beacons any day. All she has to do to achieve her dream of becoming an interstellar scout is set one final beacon on the mist-shrouded Emerald 3.
Trouble is, her empathic crewmate discovers an alarming truth about Emerald 3's inhabitants and is not above using it to influence Fioran's destiny.